"The 2015 Comtes de Champagne...is terrific...97 points." Antonio Galloni, Vinous

Recently released, the 2015 vintage of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs receives 97 points from Antonio Galloni, and is, yet again, the best-value of the prestige cuvée champagnes, particularly at our special introductory price of £560 per six (official release price £595) in bond.  

Taittinger remains one of the few Champagne Houses to be owned and actively managed by the family named on the label.  Named after a 13th-century Count of Champagne who legendarily brought the chardonnay grape back to the region from the Crusades, Comtes de Champagne is made with grapes from the 5 Grands Crus classified villages on the Côte des Blancs: Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger.  These villages lie on a strip of ancient chalk, close to the surface, which retains warmth and moisture, as well as imparting mineral notes to the wines. 

For Comtes de Champagne, only the tête de cuvée is used, with 5% of the wine aged for 4 months in new oak barrels, one-third of which are replaced each year.  Annual production averages from 100,000 to 300,000 bottles (compared to around 800,000 for Cristal).  After bottling, Comtes de Champagne is aged in Taittinger's Saint-Nicaise cellars in Reims, 18 metres below ground, in a series of Gothic tunnels built in the 13th century beneath a Benedictine Abbey, using much earlier Gallo-Roman chalk tunnels. 

2015 was a warm, dry year, potentially challenging for some champagnes, but a year in which a Blanc de Blancs champagne of the quality of Comtes was set to shine.  Being composed of Chardonnay on such superb terroirs, the warmth has only served to add richness and depth, with Galloni noting the 2015s 'delicate' and 'airy' style.  

Please email us to secure your case of this superb new vintage at our opening price.

Offered in bond, available for delivery in December 2026.